Draw-bar for cars



Patented June 9,1891.

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L. BARNES, Sr., & G. O. BARNES.

DRAW BAR FOB. (JARS.

WITNESSES: 05 fl a MW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIEN BARNES, SR, AND CHARLES O. BARNES, OF SYRACUSE, NE\V YORK.

DRAW-BAR FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,802, dated June 9,1891.

Application filed March 23, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LUCIE BARNES, Sr., and CHARLES O. BARNES, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Draw-Bars of Railroad-Cars, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exact description.

Experience in the running of railroadtra'ins has proven the fact thatsome of the most serious accidents to trains have resulted from thebreaking of the draw-head from the draw-bar and the falling of thedisrupted draw-head upon the track while the train was in motion,thereby throwing the train from the track.

The object of this invention is to guard against such accidents; and tothat end the invention. consists, essentially, of a drawhar providedwith a supplemental safety-tie connected atopposite ends, respectively,to the draw-head and to the rear portion of the drawbar, as hereinaftermore fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the annexed. drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a draw-barprovided with a draw-head of the twingiaw or Janney type, provided withour improved satety-tie. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3is a side view of our invention applied to the old style of draw-barformed with the usual bell-mouthed draw-head for the reception of thecoupling-link Z and coupling-pin p.

A represents the draw-bar formed in one piece with. the drawhead A in.the usual manner, said draw-bar being usually located beneath thecross-beam C, on the under side of the car-body, and constituting a partof the frame of said body. A stout iron or steel strap or cross-plate D,extending across the under side of the draw-bar and rigidly secured tothe frame of the car-body, serves to support the draw -bar. The draw-baris formed with an upward-projecting abutment c on its top, and a properdistance from the outer side of the cross-beam G to come in. con- Toprovide the draw-bar with a safety attachnient, which shall connect itto the car independent of the usual tail-bolt attachment, we provide thedraw-bar with a second abutment c at the rear of the cross-beam O,

as shown and described in another application for patent, Serial No.381,126, filed February 12, 1891. It is at or near the junction of thedraw-head A with the draw-bar, where the most severe torsional strain isexerted when the car is coupled to a train and in motion, and thereforewhen a disruption of the draw-head occurs it usually is at a pointbetween the two shoulders c c.

To prevent the disrupted draw-head from falling upon the track, weconnect the two shoulders c 0 together by means of a suitable tie b,which may consist of a stout bolt passing through the said shoulders andprovided with a head and nut, respectively, at opposite ends,

as shown; or a chain may be used between shoulders. If desired, two ormore such ties may be connected to said shoulders; or a chain or chainsused. In order to render the connection of the draw-head to the draw-barstill more secure, we form the under side of the draw-bar with anothersimilar set of shoulders c c, in frontand rear of the crossplat-e D, andconnect said shoulders by a tie or ties I). By employing both the topand bottom sets of shoulders and ties c e Z) and c e Z), the disrupteddraw-head is retained in position to enable it to draw the car by meansof the ties b 12'.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 8 5 Patent, is

1. A draw-bar provided with a supplemental safety-tie connected atopposite ends, respectively, to the draw-head and to the rear portion ofthe drawbar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the car-body, of an abutment on said body, thedrawbar provided with shoulders in front and rear of said abutment, andasupplemental safety-tie 0011- In testimony whereof we have hereunto 10meeting the two sheulders to each other, as signed our names this 17thday of March, set forth. 1891.

3. In combination with the car-body pro- 5 vided with the cross-beam Oand cross-plate D, the draw-bar formed with the shoulders 0 l c and c e,and the bolts 1) 1), connecting each \Vitnesses: set of shoulderstogether, substantially as O. L. BENDIXON,

described and shown.

MARK W. DEWEY.

